Every year, bird enthusiasts hang groups of plastic gourds for purple martins to nest in Erica Royer Look up during the summer in eastern or southeastern North America, and you may spot a purple ...

The first purple martins of the year have been spotted in New Hampshire. The birds were seen earlier this month in the town of Rindge by a Purple Martin enthusiast – one of many people throughout the ...

The purple martin is the largest swallow in North America. Males are all dark, glossy blue-black; females and immatures duller above and grayish below. The purple martin is an extremely popular and ...

If you see black and purple birds flitting about your yard this spring, you may be witnessing the return of purple martins to Michigan. Purple martins arrived in Michigan on March 31, sighted in ...

We’re in the full flush of spring. Here on the east coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, signs of renewal abound, including winged arrivals from Espírito Santo, Brazil: the ravenous and ...

North America’s largest swallow species has made its annual return to Massachusetts from the rainforests of Brazil.

Huge numbers of purple martins are arriving in town after a busy season raising a new generation of martins on breeding grounds throughout eastern North America. They’re coming here to take a break ...

Purple martins are migrating from South America to North America and have arrived in Pennsylvania in time for the start of spring.

A couple years ago, I installed a tiny color camera, complete with audio, inside one of my purple martin houses. This allows me to observe and study the nesting behavior of our largest swallow species ...

Dick Nikolai of Appleton spent his professional career dedicated to Wisconsin's wildlife, including animals tiny and large, abundant and endangered and game and non-game. But in retirement he's ...